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[knightofratatosk]

[Once again Emil is out wandering around the village, although this time he's got his chimera Sial at his heels. Sial is carrying a small stick in his mouth, and every so often he'll run over to Emil and nudge at the boy's leg until Emil reaches down to take the stick and toss it halfheartedly for Sial to fetch. There's clearly something on his mind at the moment if his downcast expression is any indication.

If you happen to pass the pair, Sial might come bother you to see if you'll throw the stick for him.]

[OOC: Phonetagging for the rest of the afternoon, I just wanted to get this up before the event.]

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[knightofratatosk]

[Emil, meanwhile, will just sort of stand at a distance and watch. After the other day, he's afraid of making McCoy angry again. He's been snapped at enough lately; he's not going to risk it.]

[hippocraticly.livejournal.com]

[ McCoy watches the dog and the... yellow thing frolic with one another before the dog crashes into his knees and nearly sends him tumbling into the snow. ]

Damn it! Watch it! [ He shouts at Brown, although there is no real aggravation there and the dog knows it. As they continue running around, he spots Emil watching at a distance and raises his hand at the teenager. He feels guilty being curt with him the other day. ]

[knightofratatosk]

[That little collision causes Emil to cringe, ready to run over and help should it become necessary. Fortunately it's not, so he keeps his distance and just watches the animal and the monster playing together, glad Sial finally has a playmate of his own kind (well, sort of).

When McCoy raises a hand in greeting, Emil blinks for a second before slowly raising an answering hand, though he doesn't call out.]

[hippocraticly.livejournal.com]

[ Don't make him feel like a dick, Emil. Jamming his hands into his coat pocket, he leaves the dog and... thing to play and trudges over to him through the snow. ]

Hey.

[knightofratatosk]

[YOU WERE THE DICK FIRST. :|]

Oh, um, hi.

[He makes a pointed effort to avoid looking McCoy in the face and instead looks away.]

[hippocraticly.livejournal.com]

[ But baby, Leonard is latin for dick. Not that many people know his first name. ]

... Sorry I was short with you the other day, kid. Bad day.

[knightofratatosk]

T-that's okay, I figured it was something like that. It seems like a lot of people have been having a rough time lately... maybe it's just because it's winter. The weather makes things even more depressing than they already are.

[hippocraticly.livejournal.com]

Yeah, sure... the weather.

[knightofratatosk]

You don't think it's the weather?

[hippocraticly.livejournal.com]

Nah. Just this place and how erratic it can be.

[ He looks back at Sial without going into it. ] A weird critter you have there.

[knightofratatosk]

Sial? He's a chimera. It's a kind of monster from back in my world.

[hippocraticly.livejournal.com]

And monsters are common?

[knightofratatosk]

Yes, they're all over. Most of them don't really bother humans unless the humans disturb them first, though.